New series in focus: Fox’s ‘Alcatraz’

'Alcatraz' has received mixed buzz this pilot season, calling into question how much its J.J. Abrams pedigree will be worth (a year after his "Undercovers" was a mitigated disaster).

But the sneak preview that Fox offered today following its 2011-12 schedule announcement showed the potential of a good yarn, and who can't be excited about seeing Jorge Garcia of "Lost" back in a regular series role — helping drive the investigation into the mystery of prison inmates from the past who have inexplicably reappeared in the present, no less?